agile considered harmful
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The slides from my "Agile considered harmful" presentation on why so many Agile management change initiatives fail, presented at TopConf 2013TRANSCRIPT
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Agile considered harmfulAgile considered harmful@sleepyfox, 2013@sleepyfox, 2013
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Anti-patternsAnti-patterns
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Who am I?
• Nigel Runnels-Moss• @sleepyfox (github, twitter etc.)• Agile Coach• Software Craftsman• 35 years programming stuff• Working in ‘Agile’ since ~1996
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The Future of Agile
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Structure
• Agile today• What went wrong• Development of methodologies• Reveal: The Next Big ThingTM
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Agile today
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Agile has crossed the chasm
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We're all Agile!We're all Agile!
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Poll: Agile Failures
How many people in the room have:• Seen: bad customer reactions to
talk/mentions of Agile/Scrum/. . .?• Heard: We tried Agile/Scrum/ . . . and it
didn't work• Experienced organisations that had
policies against Agile practices?
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Agile
• Agile Testing• Agile Modelling• Agile Project Management• Agile Transformation• Agile Business Intelligence• Agile Portfolio Management• Agile Government• 2390 books on Agile on amazon.com
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What does Agile mean?
• 'Fast'• 'Good'• 'Better'• 'Cheaper'• 'Reactive'• 'Responsive to change'?• 'Lightweight'?•
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Agile?
People conflate concepts . . .• Agile methodologies• Agile principles or values• Agile tools or techniques• Linguistic meanings of 'agile'
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Wide-scale backlash
• “75% of organisations do not get the benefits they expect.”
– Ken Schwaber, founder of Scrum
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Wide-scale backlash
• 60% of CSM 'graduates' felt bad about certification – Scott Ambler survey
• “Only 1% of lean initiatives meet their goals.” - Jeffrey Liker, author of The Toyota Way
• “Agile development is an evangelical fad ill-suited to government IT.” - corporate IT lawyer Alistair Maughan, Computer Weekly
• “Agile Software is a cop-out.” - Mike Gualtieri, Forrester Research
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Why is Agile failing?Why is Agile failing?
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Olympic training diet Agile
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'Lazy' Agile
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Cargo Cult Agile
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Timeline of Methodologies
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The Next Big ThingTM!
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Adoption curve
• Everett Moore, Diffusion of Innovation, 1962
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Development of Religious Movements
Vision
Disciples
Scripture
Dogma
Heresy
Reformation
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He's not the Messiah!
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What Agile really means . . .
• Individuals and Interactions
• Working Software
• Customer Collaboration
• Responding to Change
• Processes and Tools
• Comprehensive Documentation
• Contract Negotiation
• Following a Plan
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Philosophy, not methodology
• Learn Principles
• Learn Context
• Learn Values
• Forget Processes
• Forget Methodology
• Forget Dogma
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Metaprogramming
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Metaprogramming
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Metaprogramming
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The Tao of Programming
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My New Book
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The Next Big ThingThe Next Big ThingTMTM!!
The sleeper must awaken
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Thank youThank you@sleepyfox on twitteragile-environment.com
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